ISBN: 9780387908441

The collection of papers assembled here on a variety of topics in ancient and medieval astronomy was originally suggested by Noel Swerdlow of the University of Chicago. He was also instru… Mehr…

The collection of papers assembled here on a variety of topics in ancient and medieval astronomy was originally suggested by Noel Swerdlow of the University of Chicago. He was also instrumental in making a selection* which would, in general, be on the same level as my book The Exact Sciences in Antiquity. It may also provide a general background for my more technical History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy and for my edition of Astronomi cal Cuneiform Texts. Several of these republished articles were written because I wanted to put to rest well-entrenched historical myths which could not withstand close scrutiny of the sources. Examples are the supposed astronomical origin of the Egyptian calendar (see [9]), the discovery of precession by the Babylonians [16], and the "simplification" of the Ptolemaic system in Copernicus' De Revolutionibus [40]. In all of my work I have striven to present as accurately as I could what the original sources reveal (which is often very different from the received view). Thus, in [32] discussion of the technical terminology illuminates the meaning of an ancient passage which has been frequently misused to support modern theories about ancient heliocentrism; in [33] an almost isolated instance reveals how Greek world-maps really looked; and in [43] the Alexandrian Easter computus, held in awe by many historians, is shown from Ethiopic sources to be based on very simple procedures. Bücher > Sachbücher > Naturwissenschaften & Technik > Physik;Bücher > Sachbücher > Naturwissenschaften & Technik > Weitere Themenbereiche > Astronomie;Bücher > Fachbücher > Physik & Astronomie > Astronomie & Astrophysik 23.5 cm x 15.5 cm x 3.0 cm mm , Springer Us, Taschenbuch, Springer Us<

ISBN: 9780387908441

The collection of papers assembled here on a variety of topics in ancient and medieval astronomy was originally suggested by Noel Swerdlow of the University of Chicago. He was also instru… Mehr…

The collection of papers assembled here on a variety of topics in ancient and medieval astronomy was originally suggested by Noel Swerdlow of the University of Chicago. He was also instrumental in making a selection* which would, in general, be on the same level as my book The Exact Sciences in Antiquity. It may also provide a general background for my more technical History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy and for my edition of Astronomi­ cal Cuneiform Texts. Several of these republished articles were written because I wanted to put to rest well-entrenched historical myths which could not withstand close scrutiny of the sources. Examples are the supposed astronomical origin of the Egyptian calendar (see [9]), the discovery of precession by the Babylonians [16], and the simplification of the Ptolemaic system in Copernicus' De Revolutionibus [40]. In all of my work I have striven to present as accurately as I could what the original sources reveal (which is often very different from the received view). Thus, in [32] discussion of the technical terminology illuminates the meaning of an ancient passage which has been frequently misused to support modern theories about ancient heliocentrism; in [33] an almost isolated instance reveals how Greek world-maps really looked; and in [43] the Alexandrian Easter computus, held in awe by many historians, is shown from Ethiopic sources to be based on very simple procedures. New Textbooks>Trade Paperback>Science>Astronomy>Astronomy, Springer New York Core >1 >T<

ISBN: 9780387908441

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hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book., 2.5, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1983. First edition thus. 3 vols, large 4to… Mehr…

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book., 2.5, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1983. First edition thus. 3 vols, large 4tos, 11x9." Vols. 1-2 continuously paginated, 511pp, vol. 3, plates, 255pp. Yellow boards lettered in black. A fine set in near fine cardboard slipcase with some light wear and smudging. First edition thus of this standard text on Babylonian mathematics from the Austrian-born Otto Neugebauer (1899-1990), one of the most important science historians of the 20th century.  This is a reprint of the 1955 edition published in London by Lund Humphries.  Plates volume includes moon and planetary systems, fragments and unidentified texts, and sketches of tablets all reproduced from manuscript.  Also included are photographic plates of the tablets.  Number 5 in the series of Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences., Springer-Verlag, 1983, 0, Springer Verlag, 1983. Paperback. New. 551 pages. German language. 9.40x6.00x1.30 inches., Springer Verlag, 1983, 6<